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Lin shines as Rockets down Cavs

Source: Agencies | February 3, 2014, Monday | Print Edition

Jeremy Lin impressed his teammates with his first career triple-double in Houston’s win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night.

The Rockets were even more surprised that he achieved the feat coming off the bench.

Lin tallied 15 points, a career-high 11 rebounds and 10 assists and James Harden returned from injury to score 28 points to help the Rockets to their third straight victory, 106-92. Dwight Howard added 26 points and Terrence Jones had 17.

“That’s hard to do,” Harden said of collecting a triple-double as a reserve. “It’s just hard to be able to score the basketball, grab rebounds and pass the ball and get your teammates involved off the bench as a point guard. It’s tough. But he’s talented enough to do it and he did it.”

Lin is the first Rocket to have a triple-double off the bench since Cedric Maxwell did it on March 31, 1988, against Indiana. Two years removed from “Linsanity” with the New York Knicks, the undrafted player from Harvard is thriving in a backup role in Houston, averaging 13.4 points and 4.5 assists.

“It’s kind of humbling to think about the whole journey and now this,” he said. “It’s another cool thing.”

Harden sat out the last two games with a bruised left thumb. It showed no signs of bothering him on Saturday, when he also had four assists and three rebounds.

Luol Deng had 24 points and Kyrie Irving added 21 as Cleveland lost its fourth in a row.

Elsewhere in the NBA, it was: Pacers 97, Nets 96; Wizards 96, Thunder 81; Pistons 113, 76ers 96; Hawks 120, Timberwolves 113; Grizzlies 99, Bucks 90; Pelicans 88, Bulls 79; Spurs 95, Kings 93; Heat 106, Knicks 91; Suns 105, Bobcats 95; Trail Blazers 106, Raptors 103; and Clippers 102, Jazz 87.

 

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